Best Peaceful Thoughts
940 Peaceful quotes by 669 unique authors
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The philosophy of praxis does not aim at the peaceful resolution of existing contradictions in history and society, but is the very theory of these…
— Antonio Gramsci
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That night, I thanked God for seeing me through that day of days and prayed I would make it through D plus 1. I also…
— Richard Winters
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We are not in the home finding business, although it is certainly true that we do find homes from time to time for the kind…
— Ingrid Newkirk
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There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. ... It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I…
— J D Salinger
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I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders…
— Nelson Mandela
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Only through women’s full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must…
— Dawn Powell
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God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
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When I need to think of, like, a peaceful scene or something, I think of my back garden in summertime. And whenever I hear the…
— Ed Westwick
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Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength…
— Lech Walesa
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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk…
— Gautama Buddha
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A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth…
— Gautama Buddha
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Whatever fells your mind is what you are. So, feel loving and peaceful for no reason at all.
— Alan Finger
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To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing.
— Gautama Buddha
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And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world, the Peaceful One,…
— Gautama Buddha
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When we feel happy and peaceful, our happiness and peace radiates around us, and others can enjoy it as well. This is called 'the enjoyment…
— Gautama Buddha
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Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful. He has no…
— Gautama Buddha
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... Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon you, ... Wonderful…
— Gautama Buddha
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The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful.
— Gautama Buddha
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We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free.
— William Wallace
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Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.
— Gautama Buddha
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Opinions. Ideas. Possibilities. So many! How can I choose? Between bursts of lightning-swift energy, I enjoy peaceful moments when the whole world seems to be…
— Margarita Engle
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If the river has a soul, it's a peaceful one. If it has a lesson to impart, that lesson is patience. There will be drought,…
— Therese Anne Fowler
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I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement,…
— George Washington
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Canada and the United States have reached the point where we no longer think of each other as 'foreign' countries. We think of each other…
— Harry S. Truman
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